Olympia
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Erfurt Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Olympia

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1930 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1964
Death reason:	accident: broke the neck after being pushed into the drymoat
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Erfurt Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1963-00-00	Erfurt Zoo from Circus Busch-Nürnberg (Jakob Busch)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Olympia is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1964 at Erfurt Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as broke the neck after being pushed into the drymoat.

Origin

Olympia was born wild 1930.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Olympia, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Erfurt Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5327. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Birth and death year: Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
Page 117-123,
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